South Korea and Vietnam agreed to enhance cooperation in science and technology, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Friday.The agreement was made between Science and ICT Minister Yoo Young-min and his Vietnamese counterpart Chu Ngoc Anh at a science and technology joint committee meeting in Hanoi
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to hold a bilateral summit with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on Friday, followed by talks with other top leaders that will likely focus on ways to enhance economic cooperation between the two countries.The Moon-Quang summit will be the second
The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan agreed Saturday to strengthen coordination amid a flurry of diplomacy with North Korea and pending bilateral issues, the South's foreign ministry said.South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, in Washingt
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has met with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina on Thursday and discussed ways to increase trade and investment, as well as cooperation in energy, infrastructure and other areas, between the two countries.Lee arrived in Santo Domingo, the capital of th
Next month's summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to be a one-day meeting, a key presidential official said Friday."Though we have to discuss this in the summit preparation committee and then it should be finalized through working-level contact wi
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editor Kim Jung-miAmbassador Nabih El Abed of Tunisia in Seoul stated that Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Khemaies Jhinaoui of his country will visit Korea soon for high-level talks with officials from Korea on bilateral and international issues of common interest and
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Reporter Sua KimPresident Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation said, “The main threat and our main enemy are the fact that we are falling behind. If we are unable to reverse this trend, we will fall even further behind. This is like a serious chronic disease that
President Moon Jae-in on Friday hailed the agreed-upon summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a "historic milestone" for peace on the Korean Peninsula.Moon made the remark through his spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom after Trump agreed to meet with the North's
Poland is Korea’s 10th most important investment target in Europe and altogether Korean investments in Poland in 2016 were worth US$40 million. In 2016, there were 14 new Korean investments in Poland. Poland is considered to be one of the leading Central European forces in attracting Korean investor
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editors Linda Youn, Kim Jeong-miAt a recent interview with The Korea Post, publisher of three English and two Korean-language news outlets, Ambassador Abida Islam of Bangladesh in Seoul said that the people of her country won their independence through the supreme sac
On the sidelines of the 37th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met bilaterally with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto of Hungary on February 26, during which the two top diplomats discussed ways to enhance the Republic of Kore
The following are based on an exclusive interview with Mrs. Difie Agyarko Kusi, Ambassador of Ghana to the Republic of Korea conducted by The Korea Post for publication on the occasion of the 61st Independence Day celebration on March 6, 2018. Question: Congratulations on the National
Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong Yeon attended the 1st Korea-Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Ministers’ Meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on February 13.According to the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong Yeon attended the 1st Korea-Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Ministers’ Meeting in T
Question: What is the impression of your Head of Government concerning President Moon Jae-in? If there have been any remarks made by your Head of Government concerning President Moon, please elaborate (by order of importance in Your Excellency's opinion).Answer: There is great respect and admira
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Korea, Ambassador Mohamed Alharthy of the Sultanate of Oman hosted a reception to bid farewell for four outgoing envoys who have completed their tenure and who will be homeward bound shortly and to welcome 12 new ambassadors recently accredited to the Republic of Kore
By Kalangari Rwehumbiza, The Korea Post correspondentThe official Opening of Tanzania Embassy's in South Korea on Jan. 31 was accompanied by another big event of diplomatic ties between two countries which is 25 years of diplomatic relations. Special guests were the Minister of Foreign Affairs D
Ambassador Myrat Mammetaliyev of Turkmenistan in Seoul hosted a press meeting at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2018, and explained to the media on the main directions of foreign policy of his country and prospects for cooperation with the Republic of Korea. The following are excer
The following are excerpts from an interview with Ambassador Petar Andonov of Bulgaria in Seoul conducted by The Korea Post media (publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language publications) on the occasion of the National Day of Bulgaria on March 3, 2018.—Ed. Question: Congratul
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Reporter Ms. Sua KimThe Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is obviously in good hands and is in for a rapid economic development and remarkable improvement in all spheres of society in the country. This became immediately apparent at a recent interview with Ambas
The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is providing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and other assistance to help ensure security during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday.The USFK's UAVs have been mobilized for surveillance activities around all stadiums to